By Lindsay Ritenbaugh
@lindsayrite
This weekend I served as a staff facilitator for the Student
Leadership Institute’s Winter Leadership Conference (#WLC2014). The curriculum covered
DePaul’s Socially
Responsible Leadership framework and helped students identify their values,
identities, and passions. Before each large group session two peer facilitators
would share their “This I Believe”
statements based on a dimension of Socially Responsible Leadership (SRL). I was
empowered by listening to how SRL had impacted their education, involvement,
community interests, and career aspirations. While facilitating small group discussion,
I realized how much the curriculum was impacting my weekend as well.
My core values:
cooperation, love, and respect for all people
My passions: Helping
others realize their worth and potential
Call me a leadership conference junkie, but I crave
experiences like WLC. They have been a consistent part of my life since middle
school. As I helped the student participants discover their core values, we built
a circle of understanding and were able to share deeply personal stories about our
identities and life experiences. I enjoyed getting to know emerging leaders at
DePaul and was able to provide them with a personal connection to the Office of
Student Involvement.
Overall, I was reminded why I love working at DePaul
University. These students get it. They seek out ways to overcome injustice in
its many forms, unite together under common goals, and find meaningful ways to
get involved in the campus community. They believe in #dpuSRL.
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